Saddle tree or frame.



PATENTED JAN. 9, 1906.

R. GUILLEAUMB. SADDLE TREE OR FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLF GUILLEAUME, OF MliLHElM-ON-THE-RHINE, GERMANY,

ASSIGNOR TO MASOHINEN UND DAMPFKESSELFABRIK GUIL- LEAUME WVERKEGESELLSGHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAF- TUNG, OF NEUSTADT-ON-THE-HARDT,GERMANY.

SADDLE TREE OR FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 19 06.

To all whom i1; may concern.-

Be it known that I, RUDOLF GUILLEAUME, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, residing at Mtilheim-on-the-Rhine, in the Empire of Germany,have invented new and useful Improvements in Saddle Trees or Frames, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is an improvement in saddle trees orframes made of steel and it consists in the substitution for the narrowsteel bars or strips heretofore em ployed of wide and suitably shaped,bent, and curved steel plates, whereby the saddle containing such treeor frame becomes very elastic and flexible and adapts itselflongitudinally, transversely, and diagonally to the varying bodily shapeof the horse, so that the rider has a complete mastery over the animaland the latter is not galled or wounded by the improved saddle tree orframe, as would be the case with a saddle tree orframe made, asheretofore, of narrow steel bars or strips.

The invention is illustrated in the-accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a side view, Fig. 2 a top view, Fig. 3 an under side view,and Fig. 4 a sectional detail view, of a saddle tree or frameconstructed according to the invention.

The improved saddletree has two longitu dinal plates 0 (1, connectedtogether by crossplates at b on the front and on the back part of theframethat is to say, by pommel and cantle plates. The side plates 0 dare made of sheet-steel and are formed at their forward ends withsideway extensions which are bent downward. Adjoining these extensionssuch plates are comparatively narrow, but gradually widen out toward therear part, Where they are rounded off in shape. The front cross-plate orpommel-plate a is formed at its ends with sidewardly and downwardlyprojecting portions to fit against the front ends of the side plates,and the intermediate part is so shaped and curved upward and backwardthat the heaviest pressure will not be capable of bending it to such anextent that it will touch the animals backbone. The back plate orcantleplate b is somewhat in the form of a crescent. It is riveted tothe side plates around its inner curve and is curved upward and backwardfrom its connections with the side plates, such connections beingsomewhat forward of the rear ends of the side plates. The side plates 0d and front and back plates a b are riveted together oversomewhat-extended surfaces, so that all the parts partake of each othersmovements. Thus each plate will follow and yield exactly with eachmovement of the animal, and as the plates 0 and cl rest always withtheir entire smooth surfaces upon the back of the horse they will causeno wounds by their pressure.

The pommel-plate a onthe head in order to limit its yielding isstrengthened by one or more similarly-curved sheet-steel plates e,having a main portion and sidewardly and downwardly projectingextensions at the front, which are riveted one to the other, with orwithout intermediate layers h of non-hy droscopic material, as shown in4. The plates 6 vary in size, each being smaller than the one upon whichit rests. The pommelplate a may be bent or curved so as to surround apart of the strengthening-plate 6, whereby moisture is prevented fromentering between said plates.

The opening between the side plates 0 (1 may be covered with pigskin Theinner edges of said plates 0 (i may be arranged at only a short distanceapart, as the wider portions toward the rear of said plates affordsufficient bearing-space on the horses back to carry the weight of therider.

I claim 1. In a saddle tree or frame, the combination of two sheet-steelside plates having sideway and downward extensions formed integraltherewith at their forward ends, said plates being arranged at a shortdistance apart, being comparatively narrow adjoining said extensions,and having wider portions toward their rear, where they are rounded off,a sheet-steel pommel-plate having sidewardly and downwardly projectingportions at its front fitting the extensions of the side plates, and asheet-steel cantle-plate in the form of a crescent riveted to the sideplates around its inner curve and projecting upward and backward fromsaid side plates, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a saddle tree or frame, the combination of two sheet-steel sideplates having sideway and d1 Wnward extensions formed integral therewithat their forward ends, said plates being arranged at a short distanceapart, being comparatively narrow adjoining said extensions, and havingwider portions toward their rear, where they are rounded off, asheet-steel po1nn1el-plate having sidewardly and downwardly projectingportions at its front fitting the extensions of the side plates, aseries of strengtheningplates riveted to the polnrnel-plate and sideplates, each strengthening-plate having a 'rnain portion and sidewardlyand downing said extensions, and having wider portions toward theirrear, where they are rounded off, a sheet-steel pornrnel-plate havingsidewardly and downwardly projecting portions at its front fitting theextensions of the side plates, a series of strengtheningplates rivetedto the pornrnel-plate and side plates, each strengthening-plate having amain portion and sidewardly and down wardly projecting portions at itsfront end, and being smaller than the one upon which it rests, and asheet-steel cantle-plate in the form of a crescent riveted to the sideplates around its inner curve and projecting upward and backward fromsaid plates, substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

RUD OLF GUILLEAUME.

Witnesses WILLIAM KUEPPERS, G011. SOHULZ.

